Bishops of Bamberg - Pope Clement II, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg, Leopold III of Bebenburg, Franz Ludwig Von Erthal (Paperback)

Chapters: Pope Clement Ii, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg, Leopold Iii of Bebenburg, Franz Ludwig Von Erthal. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bamberg Cathedral The Archdiocese of Bamberg (lat. Archidioecesis Bambergensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bavaria and is one of 27 Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany. About a third (actually 38,1 % in 2006) of the population is catholic. With 15.6% this diocese has one of higher (relative) numbers of worshippers on Sunday in Germany. It comprises the majority of the administrative regions of Upper Franconia and Middle Franconia, as well as a small part of Lower Franconia and the Upper Palatinate. Its seat is Bamberg. The dioceses of Speyer, Eichst tt, and W rzburg are subordinate to it. The Diocese was founded in 1007 out of parts of the dioceses of Eichst tt and W rzburg. In 1817, the diocese was raised to an archdiocese. At 1 November 1007 a synod was held in Frankfurt. Eight archbishops and twenty-seven bishops were present at the synod as well as the East Frankish King Henry II. Henry II intended to create a new diocese that would aid in the final conquest of paganism in the area around Bamberg. But the territory of the Wends on the upper Main, the Wiesent, and the Aisch had belonged to the Diocese of W rzburg since the organization of the Middle German bishoprics by St. Boniface, so that no new diocese could be erected without the consent of the occupant of that see. The bishop of W rzburg raised no objection to parting with some of his territory, especially as the king promised to have W rzburg raised to an archbishopric and to give him an equivalent in Meiningen. The consent of Pope John XVII was obtained for this arrangement, but the elevation of W rzburg to an archbisho...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=186422